Saturday, September 29, 2012

Today's edition of Saturday Sharing sends you to an electronic tour guide to Smithsonian Institution museums, tells you where to go for The Straight Dope, introduces you to list-making at Book Riot, gives a hoot to bardowl's audiobook app, travels through a Ploughshares's series on literary boroughs, looks into date-inspired posts at The American Literary Blog, and leads you to a site that will stretch the boundaries of your knowledge.

✦ Nineteenth Century American literature is the focus of Rob Velella's The American Literary Blog. Each post, according to Velella, a self-described literary nerd, is inspired by an anniversary (birthday, death, publication date, etc.). Velella has a particular affinity for obscure writers, and what he uncovers is often fascinating.

✦ Computer science tutorials and thousands of other educational videos are available through the nonprofit Khan Academy, whose mission is "providing a free wold-class education for anyone anywhere." All of the site's resources (there's a lot to explore online) are available free of charge. Content is available in more than 50 languages. Whether you're a student, a home-schooler, an education professional, a coach, a parent, or a life-long learner, you'll find something of interest, I'm sure. (Do you live in the D.C. area? Salman Khan, who founded the nonprofit, will be talking with the Smithsonian Institution's secretary Wayne Clough on October 2. Details on the interview and the signing of The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, Khan's book, are here.)